BHUTAN VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	470	4	177	+ 293
HIV/AIDS	2	394	18	58	+ 336
Coronary Heart Disease	3	353	1	702	- 350
Stroke	4	281	3	360	- 79
Birth Trauma	5	264	19	51	+ 213
Road Traffic Accidents	6	244	10	123	+ 120
Malaria	7	236	81	0	+ 236
Low Birth Weight	8	232	14	79	+ 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	219	5	169	+ 50
Tuberculosis	10	156	9	138	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	11	134	20	50	+ 84
Liver Cancer	12	132	27	35	+ 97
Maternal Conditions	13	121	42	9	+ 112
Liver Disease	14	113	6	166	- 52
Diabetes Mellitus	15	102	7	164	- 62
Kidney Disease	16	93	8	149	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	17	81	39	11	+ 70
Meningitis	18	80	36	17	+ 63
Lung Disease	19	72	2	524	- 452
Violence	20	68	35	18	+ 50
Other Injuries	21	68	24	43	+ 25
Hypertension	22	60	16	77	- 16
Cervical Cancer	23	51	29	30	+ 20
Asthma	24	47	15	78	- 31
Suicide	25	39	26	35	+ 4
Malnutrition	26	38	54	3	+ 35
Pertussis	27	35	63	1	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	31	13	105	- 73
Falls	29	29	12	111	- 82
Drownings	30	24	32	20	+ 4
Fires	31	23	44	8	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	32	21	45	8	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	20	25	39	- 19
Syphilis	34	19	40	11	+ 9
Epilepsy	35	15	38	14	+ 1
Poisonings	36	15	59	2	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	37	12	28	31	- 19
Lung Cancers	38	12	21	44	- 32
Drug Use	39	10	47	7	+ 3
Breast Cancer	40	9	43	8	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	8	17	68	- 59
Schistosomiasis	42	8	82	0	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	43	7	55	3	+ 4
Skin Disease	44	7	46	7	- 1
Tetanus	45	6	60	1	+ 5
Hepatitis B	46	5	53	4	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	47	5	11	118	- 113
Encephalitis	48	5	30	28	- 23
Measles	49	5	58	2	+ 3
Alcohol	50	4	49	6	- 2
Lymphomas	51	4	52	5	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	4	31	24	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	33	20	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	22	44	- 42
Appendicitis	55	2	51	5	- 3
Bladder Cancer	56	2	48	6	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	1	57	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	62	1	- 0
Leukemia	59	1	34	19	- 18
Leishmaniasis	60	1	65	1	- 0
Ovary Cancer	61	1	37	14	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	50	5	- 5
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	41	9	- 9
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	23	43	- 43
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Gambia

Bhutan

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.